Puna Robbery 02/24/00

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a male suspect who robbed the Kalani Honua Gift Shop Thursday afternoon (February 24, 2000) in lower Puna.

At about 2:10 p.m., the suspect walked into the gift shop wielding a machete and demanded money from the cashier. The suspect then left on foot in an unknown direction with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male about 6 feet in height, weighing about 150 pounds with a slim build and having brownish hair possibly closely shaven along the sides. The suspect is described as being very pale in color. The suspect was wearing a black parka jacket, a black T-shirt with a skull printed on the front with the word “MADNESS” in red print, black jeans, black tennis shoes and a blue bandana with white print. He was also carrying a black nylon backpack.

Anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect is asked to call the Puna police at 966-5835.

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